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Black History Month Events

Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:08 | Virginia Johnson
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Black History Month

February is Black History Month, and you and your family can enjoy free events throughout our area that celebrate this special theme.

Calendar of Local Black History Events  
 
Martin Luther King, Jr.2/1-2/29/2012
Exhibition, "Celebrate Black History Month" Location: University of Mary Washington, Simpson Library, First Floor Lobby
Featuring written and digital resources from the UMW libraries collections that highlight prominent African-American women and African-American history and culture; Simpson Library, First Floor Lobby; Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – midnight, Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. – midnight; free; (540) 654-1044.
 
2/1/2012
Black History Month Kick-Off Celebration — 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Location: University of Mary Washington, Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center.  Featuring Ewabo Caribbean Steel Drum Band; a Black History Month and Cultural Awareness Series event; free; (540) 654-1044.
 
2/4/2012
New Exhibit Opening: Sesquicentennial in the Context of Identity: Who are You - 1862, 1962 and 2012? 11:30 AM. John J. Wright Educational and Cultural Center Museum. Program with music and more. Student Contest Winners will be announced. Meet and have your photograph taken with the men of the 23rd Infantry USCT. Discuss and buy a copy of one of the new history books by authors John Cummings and James Price.

Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow by Gary Golio

Thu, 03/17/2011 - 00:00 | Wini Ashooh
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Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow

Jimi Hendrix was an iconic force in rock and roll.  His name is synonymous with music.  In the book Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow, author Gary Golio introduces us to the young Jimi.  The book begins in 1956 in Seattle, Washington, where Jimi was living with his father.  They were not wealthy, but Jimi's father recognized that his son had a love for music.  Jimi often practiced on his one-string ukele.  With it he recreated the sounds the raindrops made as they hit the roof and the windowpanes.  Even as a very young boy he interpreted the city sounds that he heard outside the boardinghouse where he lived with his Dad and turned them into melodies.